Palace of ashes : China and the decline of American higher education

Palace of ashes : China and the decline of American higher education / Mark S. Ferrara.

"In addition to possessing the world's largest economies, China and the United States have extensive higher education systems comparable in size. By juxtaposing their long and distinctive educational traditions, Palace of Ashes offers compelling evidence that American colleges and universi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ferrara, Mark S. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > China.
Universities and colleges > Standards > United States.
Universities and colleges > Standards > China.
Education and globalization.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Education and globalization
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Universities and colleges > Standards
China
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Palace of ashes
  • From Mandarins to Mao Zedong
  • A shared humanistic heritage
  • The Chinese moment
  • Crisis in the American academy
  • Global convergence and competition
  • Pricing the paradigm Shift
  • Restoring the palace.

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